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’ 1S cctober 1964 .

ME‘AORANDUM

Rp SUBJECT: ‘sien oe Oe vation | _ ,
; a brieling Suc aom Pera) :

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fitlig wad hold tn 0 email uxurtout ren

gov C0 ice room an the afte aof FFiday . 06,086,274 .
6 October 1964, lastlag-aéout 2 1/2 houre, (Chief of state 06099 60" *

' Colonel. Peralta, Minleter of Government Colonel Serrano!

. aod lutelyt nee Chief Coloral Porres attended for the Guate-

i sone" Two Cia PRESEWT

. sé 19 CIA officer
_ +e. sat the request of the: ; =
° prefaced the operational briefing with a brief description
of how the U.S; bvalligesce esmoiunity operates, of the —
; + yale of CLA, of the aséd-for compartm entation and security,
oa - ‘and apectizally of how the foregoing considarationa wake
BO - . ttémperative for tuc(Guatelnatsans) ts ‘adopt security pre-
. : cautions which wil easare that the information we provide -
"aad the joint operations we uadortake are eompartmented
within thd Gasteniales fovernmoat (and, in fact, diaenssed
by the temalan rovernnent exclusively with our re 2
presentatives in the fisid),

° 3. Following tho Introtactory remarks outlined
‘ above,’ L briefed tha group cn the DG atructura, “the PCL
operational techniques, ant apoctitcauy on DGI alus and

+: | operations tn Guntesnalg The(presldent)lent close attention
tarouchoat tho efing ami examined tho oxhthits closely, )
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including the DCL inteliigence requirements ror(C Ke or(Gustemuia
and the(Ealvadoran "Caso Zapote" file.)
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4. After the tdregoing expcsition, I oxplatned
“our aims in eplotting the intormativn 2

~ pontoons in tais Consection ! assed for close couperation
‘sod coordination of activities, promising that wo shall
do our autmost and maitng relerence to ovr travel lists
aud watea list.

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a «The effaciivencss id hie oan. actions against

guerrillao-La(Guate=ala)and Dts: determi inition ~ 1
to “edt violence with vialence; ” Se a)

an ' Recognition of the tinportaace of the information :
covered ren es ete an of a envoys te,
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a . decision to Bold the isforiaaticn to those present.
: ot ee A fa replyhig. to the reroarke.. lanl Pesta ®6
“ae 7 I sald that. ‘wé. appreciate the ‘cooperation ; m
OAS and that we: Bball be mest latsrested in (he gplottation .
. of tha posaipilittes: ta-ths gresent casg, Ladded that tho matter
Ss " of using forea against Cuba is a_policy watter oa whlcint was .
-- _ * Bot competent to comment but that the decision, medo by the.
 .". United States Goverumsat are based oa careful atidy of
: astatied information including information oa Soviet intentions

and eapabittles, om G
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OR the cope i.of iho meting; alata)
aphed-for. by eopy of. esse uirements (whlch he already |
. - “had gone over clooely) and the cony wita bin to stody ‘
. on ~ . ‘farther.

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Se ”opetefly:thé status af TON cizaand the possibility .° ween ee

iblaratsgaon OG to(Caat (This was taline = ; oe

With the-dis loa falvadorie dich laciuded car” GBEB NCR .

> ggepemeses, “ise Gres i the Oras itent's intellisence Roe
. advisor, Calouwal’ MerRAn a Dasaed- that tre Guetems iH
a ent taka ‘bo action | requested hy esident Ob
F Catonel MEDRARO ML oak thit, UDALTON IG:
foal probably would. eal te ;
ab,0¥

; rn: “‘tnkChiet of State Pers ea rather’
tmpasioasd speech fa which be- ites following points:

oe @, Ais own long experience in the OAS, in Cuba
_— Ad In Central Aerie

. b “Lite early warnings ant Casiro--qhich
were disregarded; |

@.”. The astont to which Seateuthte past lived wp
to its obligations fa the GAS; to which it has
cooperated in efforts asaisst Castro; and to
which lt has loosed towand U.& leadership;

ae oa The fallure of We U.S; to take aygressive

L a : action against Cuba aad the reed for taking & .
ot dard line, inchiding the use of force ia support of
: _ military -aetivity by the free Cubans asd the other
- American countries;

@ His appreciation that-tsa Soviets will sot be
_ willing to risS a nuclear war over Cuba;

oe {, Condemnstion of Mealeo for her dealings with
4 Cuba, for fatinre to abide by her oblizations la
i tha OAS, aod for permitting the Castroites to
: ooerate ‘out ‘of Mexico against other American
eountrlas;

i g. The neod for action agalast Mexico;

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